Critics Aren’t Feeling the Magic of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’

The early reviews of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwaldare here, and they could have been written by a Slytherin. Apart from a few mildly positive notices, the first critics’ reactions are all mixed to very negative. They say it has too many characters and storylines. They compare it to The Phantom Menace. They call it a (wait for it) “Dumble-snore.” Ouch.

Here’s a sampling of the reviews so far; we’ll have our review of Fantastic Beasts 2 next week. The film opens in theaters a week from tomorrow.